The Radical Right in Post-Soviet Russia Page 1 of 34 PRINTED FROM OXFORD HANDBOOKS ONLINE (www.oxfordhandbooks.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2015. All Rights Reserved. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a PDF of a single chapter of a title in Oxford Handbooks Online for personal use (for details see Privacy Policy). Subscriber: OUP-Reference Gratis Access; date: 07 February 2018 Abstract and Keywords 7KLV FKDSWHU LQWURGXFHV VRPH EDVLF FRQWRXUV RI 5XVVLDއV FRQWHPSRUDU\ UDGLFDO ULJKW scene. It distinguishes between systemic and non-systemic ultra-nationalist groups in 3XWLQއV 5XVVLD WKH SULQFLSDO GLIIHUHQFH EHLQJ WKH JURXSV އDQG LQGLYLGXDO DFWRUV އSUR[LPLW\ and clarity of connections to the crypto-authoritarian regime. The systemic component consists of political groups, authors, and activists that are allowed or encouraged to participate in official mass media and public life. Main actors of the mainstream radical ULJKW LQFOXGH 9ODGLPLU =KLULQRYVNLLއV /LEHUDO'HPRFUDWLF 3DUW\ RI 5XVVLD DQG RUJDQL]DWLRQV XVLQJ WKH ފ5RGLQD ދ0RWKHUODQG ODEHO 0DMRU H[SUHVVLRQV RI JRYHUQPHQWVXSSRUWHG 5XVVLDQ ފXQFLYLO VRFLHW\ ދDQG DQWLGHPRFUDWLF LQWHOOHFWXDO GLVFRXUVH LQFOXGH WKH ZULWLQJV of the far right political thinkers Lev Gumilev and Aleksandr Dugin. Manifestations of the QRQV\VWHPLF FRPSRQHQW RI 5XVVLDއV H[WUHPH ULJKW LQFOXGH VNLQKHDGV DQG WKHLU XVH RI ethnic violence, political movements such as the Movement Against Illegal Immigration, RWKHU GHVFHQGDQWV RI WKH ފ3DPLDW ދ0HPRU\ RUJDQL]DWLRQ LQ WKH V DQG WKHLU activities. Keywords: Russia, radical right, radicalism, right-wing movements, nationalist groups, Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia, extreme right, ethnic violence, Movement Against Illegal Immigration The Radical Right in Post-Soviet Russia Richard Arnold and Andreas Umland The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right Edited by Jens Rydgren Print Publication Date: Apr 2018 Subject: Sociology, Political Sociology Online Publication Date: Feb 2018 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190274559.013.29 Oxford Handbooks Online